Topic: motivation
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Is giving the secret to getting ahead?
Sunday, March 31, 2013 · Topics: employee-engagement, motivation, org-culture
From NY Times Magazine: Organizational psychology has long concerned itself with how to design work so that people will enjoy it and want to keep doing it. Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement. Adam Grant’s research, which has generated broad interest in the study of relationships at work and will be published for the first time for a popular audience in his new book, “Give and Take,” starts with a premise that turns the thinking behind those theories on its head. The greatest untapped source of motivation, he argues, is a sense of service to others; focusing on the contribution of our work to other peoples’ lives has the potential to make us more productive than thinking about helping ourselves. · Go to Is giving the secret to getting ahead? →
A master plan for taking back control of your life
Friday, October 14, 2011 · Topics: emotional-intelligence, motivation, willpower
From 99%: Here’s the problem we face, every day of our lives. Nearly everything that generates enduring value requires effort, focus, and even some discomfort along the way. At the same time, we’re deeply wired to avoid pain, which the body reads as mortally dangerous, and to move toward pleasure, the more immediate the better. Based on work of Roy Baumeister · Go to A master plan for taking back control of your life →
The energy project: Discover a better way of working
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 · Topics: energy, happiness, motivation, productivity, stress-management
Offers organizations and individuals a ground-breaking, science-based approach to fueling sustainable personal energy. · Go to The energy project: Discover a better way of working →
Drive by Dan Pink: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Friday, June 11, 2010 · Topics: motivation, videos
From theRSA.org: Daniel Pink’s book illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. · Watch video →
Research shows that stories create personal motivation and increase productivity
Friday, March 12, 2010 · Topics: customer-experience, motivation, productivity, storytelling
Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 · Topics: creativity, innovation, motivation, videos
From TED: This talk by Daniel Pink will make you (re-)think about work, management, and what motivates you — and those you work with — to excel. · Watch video →
Workplace 2.0: Motivating and Managing Millennials
Thursday, December 4, 2008 · Topics: millennials, motivation
From ChangeThis: What motivates young people isn’t the promise of a distant retirement check thirty or forty years after they’ve given all they have to a company that doesn’t let them have a piece of the pie. The first thing you need to keep in mind is the fundamental idea of ownership. · Go to Workplace 2.0: Motivating and Managing Millennials →
How leaders motivate — or not
Thursday, October 25, 2007 · Topics: leadership, management, motivation
